Rochelle's Daily Wire

Courts are divided on whether the district court loses jurisdiction to stay proceedings in bankruptcy court after the filing of a notice of appeal.

A later First Circuit BAP panel should follow BAP authority unless the prior opinion seems “dead wrong.”

Supreme Court let a First Circuit opinion stand that barred bondholders from compelling payment during Puerto Rico’s restructuring under PROMESA.

Sovereign immunity required dismissal of a suit to recover the value of a gambling license because the suit wasn’t an ancillary exercise of the bankruptcy court’s in rem jurisdiction over a res.

The Supreme Court’s Merit Management opinion fails to persuade the Second Circuit to change the result in Tribune.

A contempt hearing fell under the ‘criminal’ exception to the automatic stay, but jailing a debtor to coerce payment of a prepetition debt violated the stay, Judge Grossman ruled.

Third Circuit emphasizes the limitation of nonconsensual, third-party releases to ‘exceptional’ cases.

Virginia case highlights the damage that will be done to debtor protections if affirmative action is required for a stay violation.